Looking for information on the Taaffe family

The first place to start your search is in your own home - talk to elders in the family - find out abouttheir parents, grandparents etc. Perhaps they have a story of one of your ancestors? Things to enquire about include: occupations, places of residence, who they were living with(people often stayed with others from their home villages after emigration), siblings & other familymembers, first names (important -as usually past from father to son/mother to daughter) ages attime of emigration, possible dates of birth/death, religious denominations. Also ask if there are anysurviving photographs, old documents or letters - record all the information you can find. Write/telephone other members of your family to check details -perhaps they can remember otherfacts about your ancestors? Hopefully when you have done this - some clues will emerge! After youhave identified the emigrant- begin tracing the steps back to Ireland. Do you know much about their emigration? The dates, the reason why they left, who they mighthave travelled with..etc.? Generally more information was given at the port of arrival rather than theport of departure. If you knew which city they arrived at (e.g. Liverpool, Ellis Island), this could be agood place to find more information, and perhaps even find out an exact place of origin. Shippingmanifests can be checked ?which may lead to more clues. The next thing you could do is find the counties and places in Ireland your family names are mostprevalent. Look at the website http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/surname/ and perhapssomething will match some other clue you may have found elsewhere? If nothing turnsup ? it is advisable to try different variations of the spellings of the names. If you have a possiblefirst name you could try the Irish Census 1901, 1911 at www.census.nationalarchives.ie/ or the landvaluation record called Griffiths Valuationhttp://askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xml

Hi,

I have Taaffe ancestors from Paughanstown (Big), Co. Louth. I do have a lot of information on the Taaffe family if I can be of any help!

Karen

Hello Karen Flynn Ahern

My name is Noelene Joan Lee (Bunter).

I too have Taaffe reletives from Louth Ireland. I have been researching for may years and keep coming up to a brick wall. I have found information on my GGGrandfather Patrick Joseph Taaffe he came to Australia on the ship "Syrna" in Jun 1863 leaving Plymouth and arriving in Sydney, Australia in Sept. 1883 he was born in 1870 Louth, Dundalk, Ireland he Died in Perth WA 1938 he is burried in Boulder WA. He married Mary Elizabeth McMahon 1899 St Mary's Church, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia. I have his marraige Certificate that advises me his parents were Patrick Taaffe and Mary (Elizabeth) Carpenter. 

This is where i am having problems verifying Patrick Taaffe and Mary Carpenters Birth/Death and marrage details.

I have Patrick Taaffe Bith: 1835 Dunleer, Dundalk, Ireland, Death: 1905 Drogheda, Ireland ??? 

I also have Mary Carpenter Birth: 1833 Drumear,Leitrim, Ireland, Death: 1903 Ardee, Louth, Ireland. ????

No idea if i am barking up the wrong tree with this info or not. The question is do you have these people in your research?

Kindest Regards

Noelene Lee